UN biased in fight against terrorism - Turkish president

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has accused the United Nations of being biased towards the fight against terrorism.

According to him, the UN has failed to serve the needs of the nations in the global scale and is rather advancing the course of a few elite countries.

“In the entirety of counter-terrorism platforms, Turkey is an influential and active figure. I’ll like to vocalise this fact to the Ghanaian parliament and the rest of the world that in order to counter terrorism, we have put in more efforts on principles agreed unanimously by the UN. The Security Council of the UN has failed to serve the greater needs of nations on a global scale and is, instead, serving the needs of a few elite countries. The Security Council of the UN is not active in Syria, North Africa nor Iraq, and the Council has failed to intervene in events around the world and countries in trouble,” he said.

President Erdoğan made this known through an interpreter when he was addressing Parliament in Accra on Tuesday, during his two-day official visit to Ghana.

He further assured Ghanaians of Turkey’s support to help the growth of Ghana's business sector.

“The Turkish and Ghanaian trade volume used to be $41million in 2002, but in 2011 and 2012, this figure reached half a billion dollars. We have suffered a slight decline in trade in recent times, but significant opportunities of cooperation, especially in the field of construction, defense and other areas will be explored,” he added.

Meanwhile, Ghana and Turkey have signed bilateral agreements in the areas of Investment, Communications, Sports, Energy and Natural Resources.

President Mahama said the agreements would ensure further collaboration between the two countries.